tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post522172807108802163..comments2023-11-13T08:18:57.504+00:00Comments on Pipany & the Poltisko Memoirs.: Elderflowers, Allotments and a Strange Thing to Say.Pipanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048984447721169350noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-88731423891835917462009-06-27T22:48:39.277+00:002009-06-27T22:48:39.277+00:00People do say strange things don't they. You a...People do say strange things don't they. You are so right though, when life is as good as yours and you live in a beautiful place every day is a holiday. We have hardly been anywhere since moving to Devon. I really don't feel the need.The fabric of my lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03129947664145537258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-55229676001640864012009-06-23T19:13:59.570+00:002009-06-23T19:13:59.570+00:00What a great post. You look like you live in a bea...What a great post. You look like you live in a beautiful area. I live in New Hampshire, USA where we get a lot of tourist for the ocean or mountains.<br />I feel so blessed to live here year around and spend most of our time on vacation at our home. <br />Our lives didn't stop when we had our son. Matter of fact we took him up north camping when he was 5 weeks old. <br />I wish my garden was as far along as yours. Lovely pictures.<br />Enjoy!Tracyhttp://granitefarm.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-70668063520129289912009-06-22T17:47:10.181+00:002009-06-22T17:47:10.181+00:00Visiting you from Exmoor Jane! Loved this post. ...Visiting you from Exmoor Jane! Loved this post. Life is so mad for me at the moment... your sounds seriously good! Will take a leaf out of your book, if I may, and stop running and look at whats right in front of me. Thanks for that! XX (love your photos... we have made gorgeous elderflower this year, and have started on raspberry jam.... YUM!Ladybird World Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04410236464722005178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-54005937729264603262009-06-22T15:15:18.346+00:002009-06-22T15:15:18.346+00:00Oh my goodness do I have allotment envy now! What ...Oh my goodness do I have allotment envy now! What a fab plot Pip, amazing crops too.<br /><br />Hardly any elder flowers about here this year, not sure why. I shall hang onto your recepie for next year with my fingers crossed.<br /><br />StephxCurlew Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05743251099471763243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-51476869913466723442009-06-21T09:23:46.117+00:002009-06-21T09:23:46.117+00:00Lovely blog again Pip.
I envy your early fruit an...Lovely blog again Pip.<br /><br />I envy your early fruit and vegetables - like you I love bringing the produce in from the garden and seeing the shelves stocked for later in the year - as well as eating all those fresh goodies.mountainearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15977393968796316843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-2825348674927831342009-06-20T20:22:48.250+00:002009-06-20T20:22:48.250+00:00Contentment is true happiness and you have found t...Contentment is true happiness and you have found that, no amount of money can buy it. We too live in the countryside and the daily walks and simple pleasures I have with Twiglet far outweigh the life I had before he came.<br />twiggy xTwiggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09065849697979313992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-32704575041899080842009-06-20T14:57:48.575+00:002009-06-20T14:57:48.575+00:00What a wonderful post, I loved it!
I'm off e...What a wonderful post, I loved it! <br />I'm off elderflower gathering next week to make some cordial with a friend, I'll check your recipe before we go!<br />Kimxxxx<br />Thanks for your lovely comment on my blog, hope you spot at least one fairy this weekend<br />xxxxRagged Roseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08339985100168927169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-5755881367514410892009-06-20T13:40:05.135+00:002009-06-20T13:40:05.135+00:00What a beautiful, life-affirming post, Pip. Do lo...What a beautiful, life-affirming post, Pip. Do love all your pictures.<br />I felt much the same when the children were small and we used to make wine from elderberries, so full of tannin you could stand a spoon in it. Nowadays I think I prefer the cordial! Great post.Fenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377814681496294457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-76473349084127427962009-06-20T13:12:20.181+00:002009-06-20T13:12:20.181+00:00Lovely post as always Pipany.
Wish I could do the ...Lovely post as always Pipany.<br />Wish I could do the elderflower things this year as I had plans to and the sugar already bought and put by but other things taking my attantion and physucal self away just now. I will live vicariously through your blog!<br />CKxxCalico Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11054839834452087857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-28937152272080709602009-06-20T10:53:34.285+00:002009-06-20T10:53:34.285+00:00People do say silly things. We've always taken...People do say silly things. We've always taken the children everywhere since infancy---restaurants, holidays, no exceptions. Their behaviour is fine as they're used to changing environments and routines. I've already finished my elderflower :( xHerbalgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127478318407455605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-8302152382396625832009-06-20T10:18:08.082+00:002009-06-20T10:18:08.082+00:00As for holidays..neither you nor I need them??As for holidays..neither you nor I need them??Judehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01893073372150581999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-1459811739767146422009-06-20T10:17:25.979+00:002009-06-20T10:17:25.979+00:00Wow, what a lovely post!!
Yes, I know, you live in...Wow, what a lovely post!!<br />Yes, I know, you live in a beautiful place,I've lived in that very spot!!<br />I now live in an equally beautiful place with other things to gather and make use of. Don't have any elderflowers though!!pickled some capers last week!!Up to my elbows in courgettes, even though we planted them only weeks ago...Judehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01893073372150581999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-35536541450264629442009-06-20T10:08:52.677+00:002009-06-20T10:08:52.677+00:00I'm up to my elbows in elderflower champagne a...I'm up to my elbows in elderflower champagne at the moment and rose petal, I love foraging xbodran...https://www.blogger.com/profile/11838798193878553386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-70238967776807590932009-06-20T03:58:24.264+00:002009-06-20T03:58:24.264+00:00What a lovely visit to your corner of the world. ...What a lovely visit to your corner of the world. I don't think that I've ever had any kind of elderflowery concoction. I will look for a taste this year. <br /><br />I feel sorry for the person who made the comment to you about children. Children add such a wonder and spirit to life but maybe not if you're one to worry about rigid schedules and a perfect house. <br /><br />I had a 'friend' tell me once that I should not have allowed my young son to buy a yellow flowering plant at the nursery and take it home to plant. She explained to me that my garden was very small and if I let him do it once- he might want to do it again. Which was my idea exactly.blackbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07044667449525289901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-52494232640699891582009-06-20T00:11:49.043+00:002009-06-20T00:11:49.043+00:00Pipany, this is a lovely post, with so many ideas ...Pipany, this is a lovely post, with so many ideas sent aloft.<br /><br />Your garden and allotment are areas that I would so love to have. Not just the pictures, I would love to get my hands into the dirt, do the weeding, and generally not feel so far away from nature.<br /><br />Then I reach your words about holidays, and children, and choices, and ... I begin to think.<br /><br />I also live where millions of folks love to come, as tourists, or hopeful residents, year by year. It is so wonderful to have the ocasional opportunity to view my normal terrain as a visitor. That is when I cease my whinging and am so happy to live here, concrete, glass, steel, all of that notwithstanding.<br /><br />And ... why I so love to read about your life in Cornwall. xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-87310923782422225202009-06-19T20:19:51.268+00:002009-06-19T20:19:51.268+00:00I've been trying to concoct a sensible comment...I've been trying to concoct a sensible comment, but I'm too tired. Just *happy sigh* at the lovely pictures. It all looks so idyllic. I have plans for elderflower champagne making tomorrow - and cordial too. I love to stash things away for winter. There's nothing better than opening something in the depths of the darkest days and remembering the summer just past.Maggie Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16047691937064748860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-72893072623589082312009-06-19T19:39:39.553+00:002009-06-19T19:39:39.553+00:00You live in paradise, why would you need a holiday...You live in paradise, why would you need a holiday?Cait O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04569760764766505179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-14555984231776741962009-06-19T18:47:42.849+00:002009-06-19T18:47:42.849+00:00I couldn't of put it any better - absolutely t...I couldn't of put it any better - absolutely to everything and lovely group photos Pip!<br /><br />Have a wonderful weekend,<br /><br />Nina x...Nina Nixon...https://www.blogger.com/profile/09778168901706224335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-90909812689375953342009-06-19T15:39:43.128+00:002009-06-19T15:39:43.128+00:00I am sure every day is a holiday living in Cornwal...I am sure every day is a holiday living in Cornwall, and you do so much with the children. I am the woman who lives in North Dorset and goes to West Dorset for her holidays, with children and grandchildren, they all love it. The elderflowers have been fantastic this year, should be plenty of berries inthe Autumn.Quilting Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15023557945944113423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-76185899739257593222009-06-19T15:06:11.476+00:002009-06-19T15:06:11.476+00:00Lovely warm and glowing writing. I enjoyed it very...Lovely warm and glowing writing. I enjoyed it very much. The only things ready in my allotment are the garlic and a few lettuces. Surely our potatoes are very early.Norma Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12403421235388770309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-98387573593887302009-06-19T15:05:41.996+00:002009-06-19T15:05:41.996+00:00Lovely blog Pipany...
Reminded me of when a frien...Lovely blog Pipany...<br /><br />Reminded me of when a friend and I made elderflower champagne one year when we lived in the Meon Valley. One night we were all sat in the kitchen nattering when 'pop! pop! pop! all these corks were blowing behind us on the shelf and lots of liquid fizzed out all over us!<br /><br />I'm off home to Cornwall this weekend yippee!!Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421465372964289957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-36147302209109993172009-06-19T14:42:00.351+00:002009-06-19T14:42:00.351+00:00Pipany, This lovely post reminds me of the lines
&...Pipany, This lovely post reminds me of the lines<br />"In search of true pleasure<br />How vainly we roam,<br />To hold it for life<br />We must find it at home"<br />While I love to travel, I have cultivated the art of being on holiday in our own home. With the sea, countryside, so many hobbies, family and friends it is so easy to do. This week Muffin & I had a holiday week and did so much, even though I was busy.Having great fun doing it all 2nd time round.I don't know how you manage to do so much.TIGGYWINKLEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10797704211597578471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-81426629741742578232009-06-19T14:39:23.105+00:002009-06-19T14:39:23.105+00:00Ah Pipany - you know what's important.
If and ...Ah Pipany - you know what's important.<br />If and when you leave that paradise, come this way, but first fill your cases with some of that good stuff to bring along!Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-16165307976777898492009-06-19T14:35:11.098+00:002009-06-19T14:35:11.098+00:00Absolutely no contest!Absolutely no contest!Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689402000429710324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244996855788768839.post-75327989169220302802009-06-19T13:42:14.056+00:002009-06-19T13:42:14.056+00:00Read this with the ususal lovely warm glow that yo...Read this with the ususal lovely warm glow that your blog evokes, Pip. We had some new broad beans last night, not ours, sadly, although I once grew them - my girls used to love podding them and stroking the 'blankety beds'.Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.com